customers in some 150 countries and has 49 production facilities in 19 countries. OSRAM has been present in Asia for several decades. We have companies and sales offices in 11 countries and 9 factories. OSRAM Asia Pacific was established in January 2006 to improve our presence and coordination of activities in Asia Pacific with the global divisions and functions.

OSRAM Asia Pacific Ltd., located in Hong Kong, is the Regional Headquarters of OSRAM GmbH for the Asia Pacific Region. It is responsible for the business development of OSRAM companies in this region. The company also provides marketing, financial, human resources, legal, purchasing and logistics support.

OSRAM Prosperity Co. Ltd. was established as a sales and distribution joint-venture to market OSRAM’s entire range of products in Hong Kong and Macau. The majority of these products are imported from Germany, although a growing number are imported from OSRAM's facilities throughout Europe and the rest of the world, including China and Indonesia.

For over 20 years, OSRAM has been recognized for its high-quality products and has established close links with government sectors, utility companies, major contractors and local dealers. OSRAM currently holds a 22 per cent share in the local Hong Kong market for imported lamps -- these can not only be found in private households, government and utility offices, but also in significant landmark developments, such as AIG Tower and International Finance Centre. For Hong Kong International Airport, OSRAM lamps were chosen for key lighting projects inside the terminal buildings and the external runway. Additionally, electronic ballasts from OSRAM can be found at the new Cheung Ching Tunnel. In a retrofit program, 13 government hospitals have been equipped with the new OSRAM T5 fluorescent lamps and electronic ballasts.

In the retail sector, OSRAM lamps are sold in IKEA's three outlets to complement their own lighting products.

OSRAM Lighting Control Systems Ltd. (OLSC), a joint venture with a manufacturing facility in China, sells and markets world-class electronic control gears for China and overseas markets. The control gears are designed not only to produce the same quantity of light as conventional control gears, but also to produce energy savings of up to 75 per cent in fluorescent lamps. With high-operating frequency and enhanced luminous efficiency, these gears also produce high-quality flicker-free light that could otherwise not be achieved.
In 1993, two joint ventures were established between General Electronics (Overseas) Ltd. and OSRAM, with an office in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in China employing more than 4,000 people.

Since 2005 the China facility hosts a Design Center for electronic control gears employing more than 50 engineers with the mission to strengthen global development resources and to capitalize on opportunities in the Chinese market. To learn more about: OSRAM products